¶1J. II. Bridgers, of Henderson, N. C., for appellant.
¶2T. G. Stem, of Oxford, N. C., and R. G. KittroU and B. II. Perry, both of Henderson, N. C., and Robert Ruark, of Raleigh, N. C. (Perry & Kittrell, of Henderson, N. C., on tlie brief), for appellees.
¶3Before PARKER, NORTIICOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.
¶5The deerees of the court below are affirmed on the authority of Byers v. McAuley, 149 U. S. 608, 13 S. Ct. 906, 37 L. Ed. 867; Yonley v. Lavender, 21 Wall. 276, 22 L. Ed. 536; Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank, 215 U. S. 33, 44, 30 S. Ct. 10, 54 L. Ed. 80; *1078Kline v. Burke Construction Co., 260 U. S. 226, 43 S. Ct. 79, 67 L. Ed. 226, 24 A. L. R. 1077; Covell v. Heyman, 111 U. S. 176, 4 S. Ct. 355, 28 L. Ed. 390, and First National Bank v. Purvis, 201 N. C. 753, 161 S. E. 386.
¶6Affirmed.